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Episode 71: The Land Before Time – Fellowship of the Tree Star

Morgan Stradling by Morgan Stradling
July 18, 2014
in Animation Addicts Podcast, Don Bluth, Podcasts
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The Rotoscopers kick off our Dinos & Dragons series by reviewing Don Bluth’s 1988 classic The Land Before Time!

Highlights

  • Main Discussion: The Land Before Time (1988)
  • We just right into the the commercials and merchandise of this film. Pizza Hut birthday commercial and Pizza Hut puppets, anyone?
  • The Land Before Time beat out Oliver & Company!
  • This movie is the epitome of childhood epitome.
  • Originally started as “Bambi with dinosaurs.” Why do the animated mother’s always have to die?
  • Props to Don Bluth for his stunning hand-drawn effects like bubbles, tar, egg shell fragments, lava, rain, and, of course, the classic Don Bluth sparkle.
  • 9 minutes of cut footage, mostly of sharptooth attacks scenes.
  • Mason Conspiracy Theory: Littlefoot is a jinx.
  • Many themes in this film: segregation, dealing with loneliness,
  • Listener Twitter Question: How important was The Land Before Time to your childhood?
  • We rate it!
  • Mail bag: Joshua, Tony, Abbi, Lauren, Adam, Robert, Dan, Brooks, Andrew.
  • Don’t forget to use the hashtags #AnimAddicts and #DonBluthDazzle when talking about this episode on Twitter!

Runtime: 1:27:59 84.5 MB

Links

  • Watch The Land Before Time: DVD | VHS | Digital | iTunes
  • Buy The Land Before Time soundtrack: Amazon | Digital | iTunes
  • Pizza Hut commercial from the VHS
  • VHS ending
  • Article: Why are all cartoon mother’s dead?
  • New McDonald’s Happy Meal mascot
  •  

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Where To Find The Hosts

  • Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog; Twitter
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Morgan is an Arizona native who's had a lifelong passion for animation. Her favorite animated films are Aladdin, Beauty & the Beast, and The Iron Giant. She earned an MBA in Marketing from Arizona State University and now runs her own business where she coaches and trains entrepreneurs how to launch, grow & scale successful online businesses.

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